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Rhacolepis

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)35433https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35433
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Elopiformes : Elopidae : Rhacolepis
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
superclassActinopterygii
classActinopteri
subclassNeopterygii
-TeleosteomorphaArratia et al. 2004
-Teleostei
-Elopocephalai
-Elopocephala
-Elopomorpha
orderElopiformesSauvage 1875
familyElopidaeBonaparte 1846
genusRhacolepisAgassiz 1843
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Rhacolepisgenusbelongs to Elopidaestated with evidenceWoodward, 1901
Rhacolepisgenusbelongs to Crossognathiformessecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance145 - 109 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance122 - 101 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Elopiformes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Elopiformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome I (livr. 18). Imprimerie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Rhacolepis buccalis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
7145 Ma
Late Jurassic
122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Rhacolepis latus
species
listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1843Rhacolepis Agassiz p. 178
1901Rhacolepis Woodward p. 29
2002Rhacolepis Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Agassiz L. , Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome I (livr. 18). Imprimerie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel, xxxii-188
Woodward A. S. (1901) , Catalogue of Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History), Part IV, 1-636
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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